Faculty in the Facebook Generation

When we were undergraduates the personal lives of our professors were the stuff of mysterious wonder. Now, more and more professors just like us are creating Facebook pages that reveal a side of ourselves--our taste in music, hobbies, and favorite books--in an effort to connect with a generation of students who were not alive before the Internet came into use. Here is one faculty member's account of using Facebook and some suggested rules for effective online engagement in this instant-messaging world.

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